Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-02-24)

that one man may lead a horse to water but forty cannot make him drink. If I find anyone about the museum who realizes its utter unworthiness I will try to sell him an Orang skin or skeleton for $100. to $125.

    I shall leave here on March 15th on

the Occidental & Oriental S.S. </u Belgie >, touch at Yokohama about March 22nd and reach San Francisco on or about April 12th. Have 4 boxes which I shall take along as </u freight >, addressed to myself, San F. and as soon as I land will call on Mr Gilbert Clements 318 Front St. for letters from you, and all the rest of my friends. I have now $100. in circular notes, $45 in cash for expenses & a hundred- dollar bill to pay my passage to S. F. It is pretty certain I will not have enough money to take me through to Rochester or even Iowa, so if you have not $100. to $150 to send me at once to S. F. it must be raised amongst my friends. If you do not have it, write to my brother Cal, and see if he has, or to my brother David Miller and see if </u he > has. I think I shall need </u at least> $150 as soon as I get to Frisco, and I leave it to you